"Polls are for dogs!"
A memorable quote by John Diefenbaker. But it sums up an attitude toward opinion polling whenever people see a poll they disagree with. The latest poll to elicit such a response is the one being trumpeted by the national Post and Ottawa Citizen today where it is revealed that a poll conducted in the last week shows the Harperites at 40% in public opinion. But wait who conducted the poll? Canwest news and Ipsos-Reid - house organs of the Conservative party! First create the news and then claim a scoop.
Remember the Heritage Crime, that has been committed on Chapel St? The only "Jackson House" to be designated (136 Chapel St) has been a victim of a savage renovation committed by an owner with no appreciation for its heritage and history. The front porch has been destroyed and new, and ill suited windows and doors fitted all done without permits. Council will tonight refuse to issue a permit for a porch replacement. I can hardly wait to hear the outlining of the next steps. After all they do have the power to order the owner to restore the house to its original condition, or do they?
The only published number for the Lib-Nom is now 454. That is the number advertised as supporters of Kim Rudd. With that number is it over for the others and will it be a first ballot victory for the 'Principal'? If those numbers are actual signed members and if every one of them votes (which will be a stretch) Ms Rudd will be feeling pretty cocky going into the All Candidates Meeting on Sunday. Look at the numbers: if a 1000 people attend the voting, it will be lower than last time as the candidates have failed to sign up 'crossovers', and she has 454 signed up there will be a few undeclared who will come across and she may get to 600 by the Nom-date. If that's the case the rationale for publishing unsubstantiated numbers on the website will encourage all of the 'sheep' - those who always sniff out the winner and jump on the coattails, to join in. Yep folks you may have a winner already. But pure speculation, the big question is how will she take defeat in the real election, next Spring? BTW as I am on Lib news perhaps the webmasters could take a couple of hints - update, and update. One paragraph and a pdf isn't really an update for CH. AMcF hasn't done a thing for a month and it shouldn't take 3 clicks and ten seconds to get to the meat of the KR site, flash doesn't impress anymore - content and more content. Hint - put the updates on page 1 we are impatient surfers!
Remember the Heritage Crime, that has been committed on Chapel St? The only "Jackson House" to be designated (136 Chapel St) has been a victim of a savage renovation committed by an owner with no appreciation for its heritage and history. The front porch has been destroyed and new, and ill suited windows and doors fitted all done without permits. Council will tonight refuse to issue a permit for a porch replacement. I can hardly wait to hear the outlining of the next steps. After all they do have the power to order the owner to restore the house to its original condition, or do they?
The only published number for the Lib-Nom is now 454. That is the number advertised as supporters of Kim Rudd. With that number is it over for the others and will it be a first ballot victory for the 'Principal'? If those numbers are actual signed members and if every one of them votes (which will be a stretch) Ms Rudd will be feeling pretty cocky going into the All Candidates Meeting on Sunday. Look at the numbers: if a 1000 people attend the voting, it will be lower than last time as the candidates have failed to sign up 'crossovers', and she has 454 signed up there will be a few undeclared who will come across and she may get to 600 by the Nom-date. If that's the case the rationale for publishing unsubstantiated numbers on the website will encourage all of the 'sheep' - those who always sniff out the winner and jump on the coattails, to join in. Yep folks you may have a winner already. But pure speculation, the big question is how will she take defeat in the real election, next Spring? BTW as I am on Lib news perhaps the webmasters could take a couple of hints - update, and update. One paragraph and a pdf isn't really an update for CH. AMcF hasn't done a thing for a month and it shouldn't take 3 clicks and ten seconds to get to the meat of the KR site, flash doesn't impress anymore - content and more content. Hint - put the updates on page 1 we are impatient surfers!
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So Town Council meets today, at 4 pm in Old Bailey, to go through their 200+ page agenda.
While it may contain hot issues like the Tredree land's future and potential heritage designation meltdown over a porch, one wonders if the fate of the Fullerton offer for the boardwalk strip will come up.
Or is that old news? What happened to the groundswell of citizen support for settling that dispute? Has it gotten lost in the firestorm about park garbage and who generates it?
What short memories the sheep have.
Why is it that some folks think an issue is dormant or dead just because there are no references to it in the media?
It actually was reported that the town needed more time to do its due diligence and I'm guessing here but it may have been suggested to the 'movement' to wait for the results of those negotiations rather than jeopardize them with more inflammatory rhetoric. Some things DO happen without constant hashing out in the media!
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